My BLOG about my journey into the invisible world of ultraviolet UV photography, simulated bee, butterfly and animal vision photography and the special lenses, filters and lighting needed to make it work - also in HD video + 3D stereo.

Friday, August 22, 2008

These are shots of a white Hortensia my florist Christian Mayer in Weinheim gave me today, since he was curious to see how that one would look like in the "invisible world" (in preparation of our forthcoming exhibition on September 21st).

And here now the results, using my calibrated for UV X35 lens, Baader U-filter, Nichia UV LED lamp. [click on image to see a larger version]

Visual shot:

UV shot:

UV induced fluorescence shot:

UV remapped into the Visual space "bee vision":

So I hope you like these shots of a beautiful white Hortensia as much as I do....

Today it is about fossils. Fossils and UV? Yes, since UV is not only able to resolve about 60% more details than a visual shot due to the shorter wavelength used, it also allows to extract more information by combining a visual and an UV shot into one using my remapping technique.

So lets see this on an example, here an about 100 Million year old squid. The lens used in that case was a calibrated for UV X90 lens plus my famous Baader U-filter (310-390nm) with perfect IR suppression.

[click on image to see a larger version]

Visual shot:

UV shot:

UV remapped into the Visual space:

I find it quite interesting that the remapped image reveals quite a bit more information now and due to the different colors helps to differentiate details of that fossilized squid much easier.

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This is my blog about my film and photographic work in 3D, ultraviolet UV, infrared IR and fluorescence using special lenses and equipment. All text and images carry my copyright and I do not allow to link to or copy / download from my site or any parts thereof without my prior permission.
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